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BROOK HAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES. INC . AREA CODE 516 YAPHANK 4-6262 Divieion of Biology and Medicine Enclosed is the information on the current status of the Marshall Islanders and the development of thyroid tumors. I trust this brings you up to data. If you desire further information kindly contact me or Bob Conard directly.
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Thyroid Abnormalities in (arranged in order of Exposed Rongelap People, 1968 appearance of abnormality) Present Age at Development tardation of growth preceded these findings by a number of years. 3/68 growth spurt and improved appearance on thyroxine. tardation of growth preceded these findings by a number of years. 3/68 growth spurt and improved appearance on thyroxine. Adenomatous goiter; total thyroidecto’iny, Adenomatous goiter; total thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, 1964. No recurrence. Adenomatous goiter; partial thyroidectomy, 1964. 1968 slight roughening right lobe Adenomatous goiter, partial thyroidectomy, Adenomatous goiter, partial thyroidectomy, Mixed papillary and follicular carcinoma, total thyroidectomy-surgical and therapeutic radioiodine, 1965. No recurrence. Three-mm nodule left lobe. Nodule not Two-mm nodule right lower lobe. 3/66 gland; firm 5-urnnodule right lobe. 7/66 subtotal thyroidectomy: adenomatoua
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Table - Thyroid Abnormalities in Expo8ed Rongelap People, 1968 (arranged in order of appearance of abnormality) cont. Subject No. Present Age at Development Six to 8-mm smooth nodule left lower “pole. 3/66 l-cm nodule left lobe. 7/66 subtotal thyroidectomy: adenomatous goiter. Two-mm nodule right lower pole. 3/66 no *Exposed to -only69 rads of whole body radiation and Five-mm nodule midline. 3/66 same. 7/66 and isthmus with 2-mm firm nodule. 1968 nodule left lobe 2 cm.~ Multinodular soft enlargement entire glare pole. 1968 new 1 cm nodule left Iobe.* Slight nod’ularenlargement, entire gland. l-cm nodule, not clearly demarcated at left lower pole. Many tiny nodules over surface of gland. 1968-nodule still pres 9/65 questionable irregular gland. 3/66 definite 5-mm nodule left lobe. 7/66 sub total thyroidectomy: adenomatous goiter, Hurthle cell adenoma. 9/65 questionable small nodule. 3/66 5-u nodule right lobe. 7/66 right subtotal thyroidectomy: adenomatous goiter. 1.5-2 cm nodule right lobe. 1968 slight increase in size of nodule~ Slight modularity both lobes. 2-3 cm’firm mass to left of thyroid*,* aHTo be brought to Brookhaven National Laboratory in *Not included in thyroid statistics since there is presumably proportionately less thyroi June 1968 for an evaluation for surger uncertainty if the lesion is thyroid
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it was assumed the thyroid doses to the Ailingnae and Utirik exposed group, that such dose’swere proportional to the thyroid doses of the Rongelap exposed group, based on relative whole body gamma dose received.